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| | Whenever I restart I'm told the comp needs to run the [B]Chkdsk. But it freezes at 16% of stage two every time. I can restart and skip the scan, and I don't receive any other error messages while using the pc. This only happens if I want to reboot.[/B] [B]I … |
| | All of a sudden my external HD does not show in My Computer. Some strange thing happened after I did a clean install of XP Pro. I did a clean install on my C drive. (Partition 1) D drive holds all my files and downloads. (Partition 2) E is my … |
| | Hi. I've just installed a new liteon dvd writer. I can't get any sound on any dvd weather I use Nero or windows media. Sound works fine when playing mp3 music in win media. Nothing is muted and the volume is set high. When I go to play a dvd …  |
| | I have a problem with my cdrom. i deleted a user account and created a new user account, and my cdrom doesn't work any more. it doesn't show in the windows explorer. even i scanned for hardware change in device management console, the system seemed not detect the cdrom. i … |
| | I bought the Dell E521 (AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 dual-core, XP Prof sp2) system recently and it's capable with Sata hd. I added the Maxtor Sata drive and I could see it in the Device Manager but dont' see it in Windows Explorer. What did I do wrong? Thanks, |
| | Hey all, I'm new to the site and am having a problem I was hoping someone could help me with. I just got a new system and it came with a via mobo and a maxtor hdd with the regular old ide ribbon cable style. I bought a new samsung …  |
| | I currently have a Dell XPS Gen 3 that didn't come with SATA capability so I needed to add a SATA PCI card. I chose a SIIG 4 port SATA controller that is working fine. I am using my original hard drive still as my main "c" drive. When I … |
 | My Grandkids Bought Me A Flexible Keyboard For Xmas & Did'nt Have A Usb To Ps/2 Adaptor In The Box. Installed It & It Showed In The System Tray That It Had Sucessfully Installed The Drivers. Tried Using It & Did Not Work. No Lights On. Do I Need The … |
| | My Hdd is running flat out even when im not using computer |
| | I just picked up a 1GB USB Flash drive. It has this U3 crap on it and I was wondering if I could just format the drive without making the drive useless. It is partitioned into two separate drives, one for the U3 files and one for data storage. I … |
 | Hey there, Im building a computer that i can chuck every dvd i have on it so i am expecting many many gigs are needed but what i am wondering is - is there a type of device where i can store them all as my motherboard only accepts around … |
| | Can anyone tell me what error 57 is. I am using Bootit NG to resize my partition C and make it larger. The problem is when I go to resize it says error 57 found on file system. Use scandisk or chkdsk/f. I google but can't find anything to really … |
| | Installed a second hard drive, computer works as normal, however, it doesn't show up in My Computer and I can't open it, for example, to save a file in. It only shows up when i go into "Device Manager" under "Disk Drives" How can I get it into My Computer? … |
| | Here is the setup. XP MCE 2-320gb hdd set up in raid 1 with the os on one partition along with apps the other partition has the videos and pics etc. If I want to upgrade the os to vista what will I need to do? Am I going to … |
 | Hey, I have a Maxtor III One touch External HDD. Its works.....100%, but it makes like a vibrating noise.....I went to Maxtor.com and went through the diagnostics tests and told me that there was nothing wrong with the HDD. Personally, I agree with them, but I don't think a External … |
| | can anyone help me , i had my mate on the phone last night with a number of problems , i sorted them all out (which was no easy task over the phone to someone that doesnt know their around a pc ) apart from one problem and that was … |
| | [COLOR=#555555]Hello,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]I do not know whether or not to buy two 8MB ATA 133 Hard Drives or a single 16MB cache SATA Hard Drive. I would extremely appreciate any help.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]If I buy the two ATA 133 Hard Drives then I would put it on my motherboards integrated raid (0). … |
| | [COLOR=Black]Hello. I'm a newbie so if I am repeating an old posted question, sorry! I'm adding a RAID1 SATA pair of drives to my machine. My hope is to copy everything from my existing IDE boot drive (currently C: ) and running Windows and evrything else from the new set. … |
| | I recently bought a Seagate ATA 250 GB HD (internal) set the jumpers to master and installed it in a Comp USA enclosure to be used as a backup. HD uses USB connectivity. When plugged in the LED in the enclosure has a constant red on top and a slow … |
| | Hi everyone. A professor of mine suggested I try to do an IST project so I can pick up a credit to keep me at full time student status. One he suggested is building a server. I thought maybe I could build a file server. But I do not know … |
| | I have been given a new system which is running windows ME and want to use my current hard drive which has xp as master and the existing h/d as slave. The problem is that I know the previous owner of the ME system used it on the web with …  |
 | I have an old laptop which does not boot from the hard although you can actually access the hard after booting from the floppy. the funny thing does not also have a boot sequence setup option and after transffering the system to the hard it now doesn't boot at all … |
| | When setting up raid 1 do can you use sata drives? |
| | I have installed a 2nd hdd(D) reinstalled winxp in C drive, but xp home installation disk only recognizes diskC, disk manager recognise D(2nd hdd) as does device manager, no reference to a 2nd drive in the bios I am computer literate, but not too much in the technical know! Many … |
| | have got xp pro sp2 on h/d, i was formatting a floppy when something happened everything went off , all i was left with was the desktop screen with no icons, the only way to shut down was switchoff by the button on front, since then it will not bootup … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Vista Vista !!! I don’t know how many people are facing problems during upgrading there system with Vista. But I should not have upgraded my system with that. I’ve had my karma about 6 months, initially I had a few problems with it freezing etc but nothing major. Then last … |
| | I installed a hard drive to use for a slave but it is locked. I have a program to unlock it but the computer do not show the slave hard drive any where. Every thing is pluged in good I am aelectrician so I know how to hook every thing … |
| | I'm building a new computer with a SATA hard drive and want to transfer about 2 1/2 Gb of files from my old machine which has an IDE hard drive to the new one and was wondering if anyone has ideas on the best way to do this. I was … |
| | I recently had 2 samsung 60 gb hdd replaced in my alienware m7700 system. Originally they sat in a raid 0 config until 1 went defective, and I had both replaced by samsung under their 3 year warranty. I recently received both drives back, model number MP0603H, and thats when … |
| | Hello everyone, i'm a new user and welcome all of your input. My cd drive has started acting up lately. It will spin and read any original cd i place in; however, it will not spin any burned discs that i place. I don't think it is a problem with … |
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